World Business Council for Sustainable Development http://tinyurl.com/3f2yt4s [GreenBiz.com] The Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) offers a framework companies can use to make better business decisions and manage risks and opportunities. Fourteen companies road-tested CEV, including AkzoNobel, EDP, Eni, Eskom, GHD, Hitachi (Chemical), Holcim, Lafarge, Mondi, Rio Tinto, Syngenta, Veolia Environment, Weyerhaeuser, and U.S. BCSD… … Continue reading »
Posted on April 11, 2011 …
International Waters: Review of Legal and Institutional Frameworks
United Nations Development Programme-Global Environment Facility http://tinyurl.com/3j9kuo9 This three-year multi donor GEF sponsored project is dedicated to facilitating good governance and more effective decision making in international waters through the identification, collection, adaptation and replication of beneficial practices and lessons learned from international experiences. The project also facilitates dialogue among individuals and organizations engaged in … Continue reading »
Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde
National Academies Press (free download of prepublication version with registration) www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13142 [Summary] Formaldehyde is ubiquitous in indoor and outdoor air, and everyone is exposed to formaldehyde at some concentration daily. Formaldehyde is used to produce a wide array of products, particularly building materials; it is emitted from many sources, including power plants, cars, gas and … Continue reading »
Methane and the Greenhouse-Gas Footprint of Natural Gas from Shale Formations
Robert W. Howarth, Renee Santoro, and Anthony Ingraffea (forthcoming in Climatic Change) http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/energy/howarth.pdf Cornell University researchers say that natural gas pried from shale formations is dirtier than coal in the short term, rather than cleaner, and “comparable” in the long term…states a pre-publication copy of the study, which is slated to be published in the … Continue reading »
